Harness



April 29, 1930. S'CHROEDER 1,756,886

HARNESS Filed June 22, 1929 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor Leo Schroederamm A itorney April-29, 1930. 1.. SCHROEDER 1,

HARNESS Filed June 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Led Sohraeder AitomeyPatented Apr. 29, 1930 UNE- E STATES HARNESS i Application filed June22,

The present invention relates generally to harnesses and particularly toa device Whereby a fast horse and a slow horse may be made to walkevenly together.

The device is exceedingly simple in its construction, easy to put inplace, inexpensive to manufacture, adjustable, and thoroughly efrlcientand reliable for the purpose intended.

"With the above and numerous other objects in View as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features ofconstruction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a pair or team of horses showing myimproved structure in place for proper operation,

. Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device,

Figure 3 is a detail view of one of the snap fasteners, a portion beingshown in section,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the angular plates,

Figure 5 is a perspectivc View of another of the angular plates,

Figure 6 is a detail elevation showing the last mentioned angular platesin use,

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a loop member used with the lastmentioned angular plate.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that by way ofexample I have shown in Figure 1 a slow horse to the left and a fasthorse to the right. The numeral 5 denotes an elongated. cable ofsuit-able material and intermediate its ends this cable passes throughsubstantially V-shaped plate 6 having longitudinally extending slots 7in the end portions thereof.

A ring or loop 8 of substantially semi-ovate configuration is engagedbetween the. center of the plate and a portion of the cable 5 as clearlyillustrated in Figure 6 and an end of a cable 9 passes through the loop8 and is secured to itself by suitable fastening means 10. The fiat sideof the ring 8 is engaged in the crotch of the plate 6 and is retainedtherein by the cable 5.

1929. Serial No. 372, 942 j o f a The cables 5 and 6 are'trained throughguides ll: on th'e' harness of. the fast horse through which the reinsusuallypass and'are secured to the bit'of the fast horse by means ofsnapfasteners 12 and another oneof these snap fasteners 12' is secured totherear end of the cable 5' and engages with the right hand. endof theequalizer 13 behind the slow horse. v i

The snap fasteners 12' have swiveled thereto eyes 14 to which the cablesare fastened. In order to provide for adjustment, the cable 5, adjacentits rear end, passes through transverse slots 15 in the end portions ofa substantially V-shaped plate 16 and then the cable passes through theeye 14 of the rearmost snap fastener 12 and then again passes throughthe slots 15 and frictionally engages the adjacent portion of the cable.

This plate, therefore, functions as a buckle. From a consideration ofthe exemplification of the device in use it Will be seen that the slowhorse will hold back the fast horse because When the slow horse getsbehind the fast horse this will cause a pull on the cable 5 andtherefore on both the cables 5 and 9 causing the fast horse to slowdown. i

It is thought that the construction, opera tion, utility and advantagesof this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in thisart without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed inconsiderable detail nerely for the purposes of exemplification since inactual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above de scription.i

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and inthe combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A device of the class described for making r a fast horse and a slowhorse Walk evenly comprising an elongated cable, a substantiallyV-shaped plate having longitudinal slots in the end portions thereofthrough which an intermediate portion of the elongated cable passes, asubstantially semi-ovate ring on 5 one end of the relatively short cableengaged with the plate and having its flat side disposed in the crotchportion of said plate, snap fasteners on the forward ends of the cables,a snap fastener on the rear end of the elon- 10 gated cable foradjustably securing said rear end to a base and includingyaneye throughwhich the cable slidably'extends, and means for securing said cable inadjusted position comprising a substantially v-shaped plate 15 mountedon said cable and having transversely extending slots adjacentitsopposite ends for the passage of an intermediate portion of the cableand adapted to slidably receive the rear end portion of said cable andmaintain the same in frictional engagement with the adjacentintermediate portion thereof, said 7 cable being looped through the eyeson the last mentioned V-shaped plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LEO SOHR'OEDER.

